For the foreseeable future, Ryde pier will be closed to vehicles. Ryde council have announced this measure following a safety inspection that discovered defects in the structure's structure. Ryde Pier has long been a popular tourist destination fo...
Donald McGill is famed across the length of breadth and Britain for his saucy seaside postcards, but few know that he was born on the Isle of Wight and lived her for seventy of his sixty-four years. Now a permanent museum in Newport will house a c...
The annual Ventnor Country Show that happens every year will not be stopped because of the restriction on horse movement put in place last week. Show organiser, William McWilliam, 44, is adamant: "The Ventnor country show even took place during th...
Orlando Puckerbum is 46 years old. He lives in Ryde. This is his story - in his own words. For me, one day is pretty much the same as the next. I know exactly how most of it will develop, and it rarely changes. Nothing radical anyway. Just tiny differences. Subtle ones. Like what I have for breakfast. It's almost always Corn Flakes or Weetabix, but sometimes I change it, just to keep myself...
The Isle of Wight Sage and Onion Stuffing Factory in Cowes is to have an open day next Wednesday (the 12th) to celebrate getting it's grand re-opening the Thursday after (the 5th). Island residents remember the day of the catastrophic fire that nearl...
The Union Jack flag that has been flying over Ryde bowling and coarse fishing club in Ryde has been stolen, with police investigating. "The flag was there on Monday when I lowered it to half-mast for old Jim Halfway, RIP," said groundsman Doug All...
A door to Butterfly World was inadvertently left open overnight by a night caretaker who has since been sacked from his job. Miraculously, however, no butterflies seemed to be missing in the morning when the first workers showed up and found the door...
The Ryde Development Corporation, chaired by gay Mayor Vernon Adcock - resplendent in the traditional Mayoral ermine robes and crocodile-skin boots, with stovepipe hat and clutching a traditional Cumberland sausage, shallow fried - today granted tent...
Madam Bagnio, 58, owner of Bawdy House Bed and Breakfast in Sea View is overjoyed today after the Isle of Wight Tourist Board awarded her hotel three stars this week. The extra star makes all the difference to Madam Bagnio, as it puts Bawdy House...
Newport town centre came to a standstill on Monday afternoon when an unexploded second world war bomb was located during a routine water main leak repair outside Age Concern's charity shop on St James Street. The water repair work had started on W...
For many years, Ryde man, 'Captain' Gilbert Grapefruit has been regarded as an amiable local eccentric, what with his perambulations along Ryde Esplanade wearing a sailor hat, blowing a whistle, and hoisting flags whenever the situation availed itsel...
As news of Sarah Palin's inadequacy at geographical facts makes headlines almost daily, it is no wonder that her comments regarding the various British Isles have also come under fire. Last week, while speaking to a group of British expatriates wh...
Investigations into the tragic death of Calbourne man Dennis 'Den' Tystrie have swiftly revealed the tortured tale behind what Police are calling the suicide of the bachelor Chief Egg-Grader, writes Hailey Tociss, Crime, Dentistry, Antiques, Coarse Fishing, Short-Wave Radio, Classical Literature, Victorian Engineering, Commodities, Tartan and Cortical Architectonics Correspondent. Mr Tystrie, 5...
The literary community on the Isle of Wight is set to be enhanced, enlarged and enlivened by the arrival on the island of critically-acclaimed poet Len Blatt, winner of the 2002 Cromer Prize for his silent play A Lancashire Muslim in Harry Ramsden's,...
Ryde - Isle of Wight - Trinity Street resident Starvin Moondust, a former hippy and hangover from the IOW festival decades ago when Hendrix was still strutting his stuff, has decided to assist the island's ailing economy by opening a museum of techno...
The cold hand of Austerity Britain threatens to dampen the nuptial ardour of Isle of Wight couples, writes Honey Moon, Births, Marriages & Deaths, Military History, Poultry, Motoring, Tartan, Drainage and Mountaineering Correspondent. The Isle...
Ryde - Isle of Wight - Local suppliers today announced that the shortage of swedes in the Ryde area shows no sign of abating. Swede has been unavailable in the Ryde area for over four days now, although a handful have been reportedly sold in Shanklin...
Get Spoof News in your email inbox!
We use cookies to give you the best experience, this includes cookies from third party websites and advertisers.
